YILI Outdoor Camping Stove, Portable Tent Wood Stove with Pipe, Heating Burner Stove for Camping, Ice-Fishing, Cookout, Hiking, Travel, Backpacking Trips

Is it perfect? No. Does it smell horrible when you first use it? Yes. Is it worth the money? Absolutely!!I read the previous reviews and went for it anyway, couldn't be happier with this little stove. Sure, it's not a high end unit but it arrived well packaged and in one piece. Not much for assembly, just pop in the window, unfold the legs and put the stove pipe together. Some older reviews mention cracked glass and door screws that loosen but the current version has fixed these issues. The door hinges are good stiff rivets and the glass slides into a pocket rather than the old screw in place design. So far everything is holding up well!In regards to the paint, we did the initial burn off outside and thought we had it cured but we were wrong. On the first run in the tent we got it going good and hot and the paint did burn off more which was pretty nasty, but it aired out just fine. The seller clearly states the paint needs to be cured and to burn it off before using in a tent, make sure you get a good hot fire going! Once the paint was cured so far it's holding up well and not flaking off.First run in the snow was great, 22 deg F outside and 75 deg F inside the tent. Cook top worked well for boiling water and frying up some chicken. This was all done in our cheap walmart teepee tent to see how we might like hot tent camping. We simply taped the stove jack in for testing, so far it's held up well but I wouldn't recommend doing it this way long term. Now that we know the stove works great, we'll be upgrading to a tent designed for a stove jack for sure.Only issue so far is with the damper in the stove pipe, it's hard to tell exactly where it's positioned and it doesn't hold in place very well. Wind can blow it closed, which can cause the stove to back up and smoke out the tent. When positioned correctly it works well, but it needs to be modified to stay in place better or removed. I wouldn't trust an overnight without a carbon monoxide detector as is. Too easy for it to close up unnoticed.Last thing I'd like to say is regarding the seller. My order got lost by the carrier for well over a week, I messaged the seller and they were very quick to respond and resolved the issue right away. I highly recommend picking up this stove if you're thinking about giving hot tenting a try, and pick it up from YILI! They're awesome!

This stove exceeded expectations. It's also very nice for cooking on, which IMO makes it a valuable survival tool beyond warmth. It burns about an hour on a load, though it is better to feed it fairly often, bbq briquettes will give the longest burn times. It comes very nicely packaged, store it in the box to protect it and keep things from getting sooty. I quite enjoyed being able to fire it up from my cot in the cool mornings.A few notes on use and safety.If you fill it with wood, particularly pine, and pinch off the vents, pitch will boil out of the wood but not burn, then condense in the chimney and run down it and burn when it gets to the hottest parts, smoking out your tent. All stoves will do this (pictured). That can also gum up a fine mesh spark arrestor. To avoid this, simply give it enough air to burn completely, so there is little to no visible smoke from the chimney. If there black stuff running down your chimney, you need to address the problem. Let it burn out, put it outside with the affected chimney segments on the bottom and fire it up to burn it off - then give it more air in the future to prevent recurrence.The chimney draws air into the stove, so it doesn't leak smoke as long as it's used correctly. Again keep the vents more open if it leaks smoke. Before opening it to add wood, open the vents all the way for a minute so it is drawing a lot of air - that prevents much, if any, smoke from coming out when you open the door. Blowing into the fire to stoke it also makes a lot of smoke, it's better to toss in a fistful of pine needles and light them with a lighter then shut the door. The flareup from the needles will get the chimney drawing well, giving the fire air and drawing the smoke up and out. That will kick off fresh wood on a bed of coals with little smoke.The window does soot up pretty quickly, it's not useful without regular cleaning. It'd be good to have a matching plate of aluminum or steel to replace in case it breaks. In a pinch a beer can could be fabricated into a short term replacement.

this thing over exceeded expectation for our tent camping. the fire box will last about 4ish hours maybe 5 depending on wood you use I had a 8x12 tent and it was 30"s at night I think this would do fine down to single digits. after one day of use fire box needed to be empty which is kind of a pain and the paint job will turn to white ash once you get it good and hot but overall it packs up nice and small and does what it supposed tobest of luck

The stove gets hot fast. Loading it is pretty easy with the size of the door being the whole front end. The latch on the door works well and has a screw for any adjustments needed. The issue I encountered was trying to slow the burn rate of the fire. Most small stoves of this type its recommended to close the damper to 3/4 shut or so when trying to extend burn time. My damper doesn't have a big enough "inner circle" to completely shut down the pipe. This means 3/4 shut is still about 1/2 open. 100% shut on the knob would result in about that 3/4ths shut that most people recommend. The paint has already burnt off and needs new high temp paint. Don't know why these don't get that from the factory.Also, check the height of your tent and stove jack. I figured out, because I obsessed about it while researching, that the flue of this stove was going to be about 3 feet too short for my 8 man tipi. Had to buy extra sections of flue.

First of all, it’s a low cost stove. Otherwise, it is a great bargain! Could it fit in my pack? If it had to. Did I buy it to fit in my pack? Nope. This stove will be great for cooking on and keeping my tent warm when it is cold.The paint issue others have mentioned? I got a newer model with better paint, it appears. I’ve run this stove every day for the last three days, about 6 hours each day. No bubbling and no peeling. I’ve run it cooler up through running it flat out as hot as I can get it. Nothing warping, just takes a good breaking in. The direct flame disk on the top? The first couple of times I ran it I did so with a cast iron weight on top of it, seems to have tempered it flat, and it hasn’t warped during subsequent use.Only two issues I’ve had to deal with: 1) The dampener on the stove pipe. Tightened it up, marked it, and now I just turn it in one direction, and I know the position in the pipe. 2) The racks/handles on the side were bent all wonky at the factory. I plan to take a pair of pliers and bend them properly at some point before it goes out on a trip. No smokey leaks, and the second night I ran it the wind was 40mph gusting to 60mph. Overall though this little stove is very solid. Is it a foldable titanium stove? Nope, and it was a fraction of the price. Does it come with a spark arrestor? Nope, but I have the exact style I want on order, so I won’t be dealing with a cheap one.Overall a great stove for the price. If you are looking to get into hot tent camping as I am, this stove will do everything that you need without breaking the bank. Now spend what you saved on a more expensive stove and get a great hot tent!